Torch relay starts in Canberra

Tania Major (L), the young indigenous leader from Queensland, and Jiang Xiaoyu, Executive Vice President of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games, hold the Beijing Olympic torch before running the opening leg of the torch relay in Canberra, Australia, April 24, 2008. Eighty torch runners will run through the 16-km routes which started from the Reconciliation Place in front of the old parliament house and will end at the Stage 88 in the Commonwealth Park. [Xinhua]

Tania Major (L), a young indigenous leader from Queensland, and Jiang Xiaoyu, Executive Vice President of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games, hold the Beijing Olympic torch before she runs the start of the torch relay in Canberra, Australia, April 24, 2008. Eighty torch runners will run along the 16-km route which started from Reconciliation Place in front of the old parliament house and will end at Stage 88 in Commonwealth Park. [Xinhua]